Frontrunners has a US headquarters in agoura hills ca. Maybe they could help you out with more info or shipping?

 

Tuffy make some as well. They say they are for Wranglers, but they work in Land Rovers as well. -Jeff

Agreed. I have the tuffy drawer and it's a perfect fit. High capacity and well built but a bit too tall after I re-installed the side facing jumps. So it's either or.

Where are you located? I'd probably sell it to you cheap if you could pick it up. Well built=heavy, and it's far from small.

 

It's at my place in Napa, CA. San Diego isn't too terribly far. It could work out that somebody could RURR it. Let me know if want to go that direction, with the Tuffy that is ;-)

 

Any pictures of it installed? Did it cover the floor from the door to the rear bulkhead?

Thanks!

 

Thanks Jeff.

Neither of those create a flat deck across the wheel arches. The front runner Td5 looks to be the best option for that- flat surface and drawer.

 

Agreed. Without the risers, mine is just about flat (slightly lower) to the wheel wells in the tub.

 

How do you use the fold down jump seats...do you have to refab the front U hoop under each seat?

 

I don't. It's an either/or thing. Right now the seats are in and the drawer in the garage.

 

there are several US retailers for front runner, including Front Runner USA. You can order anything from ZA through them.


Off-Road Vehicle Accessories, Roof Racks, Camping Gear - Front Runner

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BTW, drawer system is one of the best mods for a D to deal with space management.

 

BTW, drawer system is one of the best mods for a D to deal with space management.

I'm really leaning towards buying or having a drawer built for the back of my truck. There isn't a lot of usable space in the back of a D90 with a dog back there. What drawer are you using?

 

I just went out and did a quick measurement of my truck. It looks like the Frontrunner drawer for a Defender would interfere with the roll cage. I'm curious if it could be notched, but that'd be an expensive gamble for something that might not fit.

This should fit, but its Terra Firma, so the quality is probably quite poor.

 

I'm not a fan of drawer systems. They waste a lot of space and the space near the floor is your most valuable--it's where you want your heaviest items to keep your COG low. I like cubby systems instead. I haven't built my next-gen storage system yet but this is the basic design:

The platform is built around an Engel 60 fridge and matches the fridge's height so that the fridge top becomes part of the platform. There is one small drawer at the rear to hold food and other things that need to be quickly accessible. The space further inside is divided into top-loadable cubbies. The ones closest to the rear of the truck will hold camping gear and extra food. The ones closest to the front of the truck are for tools and spares--heavy things--to keep the COG as centered and low as possible.

I have looked into aluminum construction and this is a consideration but I will probably just end up using baltic birch covered in commercial grade black carpet like I've used for all of my past cubbies and platforms. You get the carpet at Lowes and it's bomber. Mine has held up to years of abuse and still looks good. Carpet is adhered to the birch with contact cement. The top of the platform has Mac's low-profile anchor plates with detachable tie-down rings for when you want to strap down additional carrying cases or cargo on top.

 

I'm not a fan of drawer systems. They waste a lot of space and the space near the floor is your most valuable--it's where you want your heaviest items to keep your COG low. I like cubby systems instead. I haven't built my next-gen storage system yet but this is the basic design:

I would tend to agree with you, but seeing as when my truck is loaded with gear, I have very little room in the back with the dog. The design of the tub isn't great for stacking items. Basically we end up with the cooler pushed all the way forward, then everything else shoved/strapped to the side. The tent, sleeping bags, ect. all end up on the roof in Pelican cases. I hate that the floor is not level in the D90.

 

I was talking to Brian at http://www.goose-gear.com about making something like this for my 110 before I sold it they can make anything you want

 

I always admired this system. http://www.mantec.co.uk/productdetail.cfm?theProductID=4DAD5BB1-15C5-F4C0-99202EF90B419B55

 

I seriously thought about getting one.
Even looked at the tuffy that was FS locally to me.

Couldn't get over the fact that once its installed, there is a utility of the truck that gets lost until its removed.

 

I think a lot of the drawers are super cool, but widely overpriced. Besides, everything will be 1/2" too tall to fit. I was literally lying in bed this morning thinking about what I wanted to do. The LR-3 had a flat slide out platform option I desired. Not the car, but the platform. It added about 2" to the rear load area and slid out about 2/3rds of the length of the bed. That concept appeals to me, I just cannot find a source for the long, strong sliders. The rest is mainly nice birch plywood with a low nape outdoor carpet. I have what I seem to recall is a 1750 Pelican case that nicely fits in the load area nearly flush. It is just if I fill it up and try to lift it out, several vertebrae pop their disks and my groin instantly herniates. Ergo the desire for a sliding platform.

So anybody know where I can source some long strong sliders (please no aged White Castle burger jokes)?

 

I have learned the hard way over the years to completely avoid the sexy oversized containers exactly for that reason. And there is no reason to take on the excessive weight for containers that will be secured inside. with containers like Pelican's you take on alot of weight for the durability and protection of the cargo, which is appropriate for things like throwing in an open cargo bed. I've switched to drawer systems and wolf boxes. Shed alot of weight with that change in direction, and gained functionality by having things more modular.

 

Again, the drawers are modular, but so many of my items just do not fit well into them, like my trinocular microscope or the survey transit. If I just camped and did't need to take my professional gear into the field drawers would work. The sliding platform gives me way more options without being limited to the set sizes of the drawer.

 

I was referring to the oversized trunk containers, versus using more of the smaller, modular containers. the rollout flatbad for securely mounting small pelicans or wolf boxes is an excellent approach.


And the heavy duty sliders for DIY drawers are easy to source. I've seen them up to 4' long extensions and capability of supporting several hundred pounds. But they are also the most expensive part. plan to pay $150 to $200 per pair for the HD types. the pro drawer systems use the HD types that have the pushbutton release, so the drawers stay in position until you unlock them.

 

Yes those are the ones, seen them, just do not have a source that sells them. The rest of the project quails by comparison to sourcing the damm sliders. I certainly do not want to order a set from the Sino manufacturing complex as I could age out before they get here and shipping would be mildly hurtful. I did find a few wholesalers, but they seem not to like to respond to retail customers.

 

what' length are you looking for?

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you're going to want the Accuride 9307.
Available in even lengths 12"-36", 40", 42", 48", 60"
https://www.accuride.com/en-mx/products/9307

For a Defender full length cargo area, you're probably going to want a 40"
500lb LOCK IN LOCK OUT 40" FULL EXTENSION SLIDE. (pair)

 

I would have to go out to the hanger and measure. I penciled this out before, but I think my notes are out there as well. It is cold and sleeting here making me more attentive to my computer than normal. Seeing that my hanger is more suited to storing meat than humans when the weather is like this. Thank you for the link, sometimes you have to see what you can get and work backwards.

 

This is the one I drool over on the Frontrunner site:

Drawers With Sliding Top - Single Height / Double Width / 970mm Long

 

It says this one is 37" wide, you only have 36 1/2" between the wheel boxes, PLUS you need nearly 3" for the drawer to clear the rear door.

For under $200 I made my own and its great. (B777ONR) build tread

 

FWIW we stock the Frontrunner drawer system when we can. It's decently constructed and pricing is fair considering the size/weight of the carton. That said I'm in the camp of a universal slide solution with various small to medium boxes that can be hand carrier when fully loaded...

 

Here's my dual drawer system with dual slide out shelves. Both drawers and shelves come out and the box can be utilized as a platform and gear or boxes stored below. With the ability to configure it how I want, I don't feel like I am compromising on weight or space.